Editorial Contact:
Marco Alpert	
Antares Audio Technologies
Tel: 831.461.7813	
marco@antarestech.com	

Antares Web link for this product:
http://www.antarestech.com/products/tube.html

For Immediate Release

Antares Audio Technologies Announces Antares Tube

Multi-format Plug-in Models the Sound of Classic 
Analog Tube Preamps and More
 
(Scotts Valley, CA, February 3, 2003) -- Antares Audio Technologies today 
announced the release of Antares Tube, an affordable multi-format plug-in 
designed to model a wide range of analog tube effects as well as effects 
unavailable from any actual hardware.

Based on technology from Antares's multi-award-winning Microphone Modeler 
plug-in, Tube is designed to be extremely easy to use and so DSP 
efficient that even a modest native system will support dozens of tracks' 
worth. (In Antares's informal tests, a Mac PowerBook G4 400MHz was able 
to provide well over 40 instances of Tube.)

Tube provides two basic tube models. The "heavenly" blue tube adds the 
warmth of a classic tube preamp to vocals, acoustic guitar, horns, 
strings, synth pads, in fact pretty much anything. The"devilish" orange 
tube provides the deep, warm distortion of an overdriven tube amplifier. 
It can be used in moderation to impart a subtle (or not-so-subtle) effect 
to almost any track. Or cranked up on electric guitar, bass, synths, even 
voice for more dramatic distortion effects.

In addition to the tube models, Tube includes a unique OmniTube function. 
Without OmniTube engaged, Tube functions exactly like a tube preamp, 
i.e., only the regions of the input signal that exceed the clipping level 
(typically transients) are affected and all other regions are passed with 
no change. With OmniTube on, a compressor is inserted into the signal 
path before the tube model.  This compressor is set to compress the 
signal and then apply sufficient makeup gain to ensure that Tube's Drive 
control can drive the entire signal above the clipping level. After the 
tube effect is applied to the entire signal, an inverse gain function 
restores the signalÕs original dynamics.

"When we introduced the ground-breaking Microphone Modeler plug-in in 
1999, virtually every reviewer commented on how great the tube model 
sounded," said Marco Alpert, Antares VP of Marketing. "In the intervening 
years weÕve had a lot of requests for a plug-in that would offer the 
great sound of the Mic Mod tube model in an affordable, easy to use 
plug-in. Well, here it is."

Antares Tube is available now for RTAS (Mac and PC), VST (Mac and PC), 
DirectX and MAS at a U.S. MSRP of $129.00. Mac RTAS and VST versions 
currently require OS 9.x. OS X versions will be available in early March 
and will be free upgrades.

Antares Audio Technologies

Antares Audio Technologies is renowned as a developer of innovative, 
DSP-based audio software and hardware, including the AVP Vocal Producer, 
ATR-1a Intonation Processor, as well as the award-winning  Auto-Tune 3 
(Pitch Corrector), kantos 1.0 Audio Controlled Synthesizer, and Antares 
Microphone Modeler multi-format DSP plug-ins.

Antares Audio Technologies is located at 231 Technology Circle, Scotts 
Valley, CA 95066.  Tel: 831.461.7800  Fax: 831.461.7801 Email: 
info@antarestech.com  Web: www.antarestech.com